title: Questionnaire and laboratory measures of eating behavior. Associations with energy intake and BMI in a community sample of working adults.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The present research compared a self-report measure of usual eating behaviors with two laboratory-based behavioral measures of food reward and food preference.
  
  
  METHODS
  Eating behaviors were measured among 233 working adults. A self-report measure was the Three Factor Eating Questionnaire (TFEQ) Restraint, Disinhibition and Hunger subscales. Laboratory measures were the (RVF) and Explicit Liking (EL) and Implicit Wanting (IW) for high fat food. Outcome measures were body mass index (BMI), and energy intake measured using three 24-h dietary recalls.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Significant bivariate associations were observed between each of the eating behavior measures and energy intake, but only Disinhibition and Hunger were associated with BMI. Multiple regression results showed RVF and EL and IW predicted energy intake independent of the TFEQ scales but did not predict BMI.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Laboratory and self-report measures capture unique aspects of individual differences in eating behaviors that are associated with energy intake.
authors.affiliation: University of Minnesota, School of Public Health, Division of Epidemiology & Community Health, Minneapolis, MN, USA; Division of Epidemiology & Community Health, 1300 South 2nd St, #300, Minneapolis, MN 55454, USA. Electronic address: frenc001@umn.edu.
authors.forename: Simone A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: French
authors.forename: Nathan R
authors.initials: NR
authors.lastname: Mitchell
authors.forename: Julian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wolfson
authors.forename: Graham
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Finlayson
authors.forename: John E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Blundell
authors.forename: Robert W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Jeffery
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015992:Body Mass Index; D004032:Diet / Q000523:psychology*; D004041:Dietary Fats; D004435:Eating / Q000523:psychology*; D004644:Emotions; D002149:Energy Intake; D005247:Feeding Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D005518:Food Preferences; D006801:Humans; D006815:Hunger; D007266:Inhibition, Psychological; D008297:Male; D011939:Mental Recall; D008875:Middle Aged; D009765:Obesity / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology*; D012201:Reward; D057566:Self Report; D012927:Social Control, Informal; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
chemical_list: D004041:Dietary Fats
keywords: Disinhibition; Food reinforcement; Food wanting; Restraint